The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
MI, 4. B. BLOOD
! CALLED BY DEATH
~ of one Of Keokuk's Beloved
c,.Izens occurred at TWO
O'Clock This
Morning.
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
.,., blood Was Builder Of Rail-
u roads in This Section and
prominent In Insurance
Field.

Henry Boyden Blood. prominent
Ausiness man of Keokuk, and pioneer
abroad builder in this section. dlea
.his morning at his home. 52S North
s T,, street, after an illness OF four
rasts, duration, resulting from a
..vsre fall He was a veteran OF the
siriI war having been commissioned
vontenant colonel in the union army.
ND having served with distinction
- tba army of the Potomac. Colonel
plood lived in Keokuk since 1876.
~han he came here to take charge OF
,uterests In the st. Louis, Keokuk
and Northwestern railroad. He serv-
Al the CITY as councilman from the
frst ward for a number of years. He
was a member of the First Westmin-
sfer Presbyterian church, and an
alder in this church.
Colonel Blood was one OF the best
known and loved citizens of Keokuk.
| He was always courteous and affabls
/ IN his dealings with other people.
and he shaped his life along the lines
of the christian faith in which he be-
ieyed and for which he served so
faithfully. His was a splendid char
scter one which any young man
would do we'll to emulate. He work
ed hard and faithfully at whatever
task was at hand, and his success in
his business life was gained through
his splendid application, his courage
and ability. he was man who loved
his family, and who in turn was
loved and respected by them, and ne
was remembered by many friends
and acquaintsnces for his little acts
Of kindness.
Descendent Of Minute Man.
Henry Boyden sBlood was born in
Charlton, Massachusetts,, September
Is, 1885, and his early days were
spent on the home farm that HAD
been in the family for a hundred
years. He was descendent of Ma
thaniel Blood. a minute man of the
revolution, one Of the brave men who
took their stand that April morning
on Lexington common. In 1857 Col
onel Blood left his home and found
employment as a civil engineer in
and about Washington, D. c., until
1851, when he entered the govern
ment service, and in July went to
Cuba where he superintendent some
railroad construction work on the
Reglas & Matanzas railroad, between
Havana and Matanzas. On April 20.
1852, he was appointed assistant
of volunteers with
rank OF captain, receiving his com
mission on October Is of that year.
he served first in the department of
the Rap2ahannock under Major Gen.
eral Mcdowell with headquarters at
Acquia Creek on the Potomac, then
n the army Of the Potomac, under
.da]or General Burnside, then under
General Hooker and later General
Meade, the headquarters being part
Oh the time transferred to Washing
ton.
. headquarters were finally estab-
lsned at Brandy station, and here
COLONEL Blood served until the end of
~ war under GeneralsGrant. March
o. 1865, he received his commission
: lieutenant colonel by brevet of
ne 25th army corps under Major
General Weitzel and was transferred
camp Rogers at Brazos and
brownsville, Texas, where trouble
sas feared on account of a portion
! me confederate army joining with
le Mex1cans and French in a con-
piracy to seize Texas. He was
nustered out in the fall of 1865.
E. Gave Horse to Lincoln.
AN interesting incident in connec-
ION with Colonel Blood's civil war
areer is recalled at this time, in the
act that he had in his possession a
s ~, written him by President Lin
an 5a at the time he delivered the
aafess at Gettysburg. 1t was just
elore the parade started at the
llenlorlal meeting. that Colonel Blood,
aen captain in the quartermaster's
=, y,partment, received note with
ais request:
). captain Blood, furnish one horse
'r bearer.
tSigned) ga TJNroIN
IN 1857, on the twenty-ninth of