New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12
OBITUARY
EBEN P DAVIS.

EBEN P. DAVIS.
A week ago last Saturday afternoon
the remains Of Eben P. Davis were laid
to rest in Cambria cemetery. Death
was due to diabetes with which he was
ailing for several months. He was a
pioneer settler here but OF late years
he lived at the Soldiers Home at Mime.
apolis until his health began to fail
when he went to the home of his brother.
David P. Davis in South Bend, Mimi.
He was a veteran of the Civil War. His
wife died a great many years ago. There
are left to mourn his loss, one daughter,
Mrs. Ida NJ. Wise Of San Francisco,
and two sons, Arthur Davis Of St. Paul,
Mimi, and Frank Davis of Sioux City,,
Iowa. B. L. Tanley, Stephen Walters,
Rice Thomas, Evan L. Harris, James
d. Price and John F. Jones were the pail
bearers.
REV. THOS. L. GRIFFITHS.
Last Tuesday night at Hillcrest
hospital, Minneapolis, occurred the
death of Rev. Thomas L. Griffiths, who
for the past sixteen years had made this
locality his home. He was pastor OF the
Salem Congregational church for five
years but for the past eleven years had
retired from active ministry and only
occasionally delivered a sermon in one
of the churches or at Woodman Hall.
He was seventy-six years old and death
was due to inflammation of the bowels
combined with his advanced age. About
three weeks ago he left Cambria for the
home of his daughter Mrs. Bailey in
Minneapolis as he was not well at the
time he left. He gradually grew worse
so his daughter had him taken to a
hospital in hopes he would recover but
it was all to no avail. He was conscious
until very near the last and gave in
to Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey for
his burial and said he was going to live
with Jesus. The remains were shipped
to Cambria last Saturday and funeral
services were conducted at the Con-
gregational church at 2 p. m. The
funeral was very largely attended and
the caskst was profusely adorned with
flowers. Rev. Owens, pastor of the
church, Rev. Jones of Ottawa, and Rev.
Griffith of Lake Crystal officiated at the
funeral service.
The inmedi tie relatives who attended
the funeral were Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey of
Minneapolis and one son Bowen Grit
fths of New York ity. There are also
one daughter and one son in Chicago
who were unable to come. The pail
bearers were John E. Lloyd, James D.
Price, Evan L. Harris, B. L. Tanley,
James A. Thomas and Evan D. Price.
The remains were laid to rest in Cambria
cemetery.
GEORGE w. SCHERER
George w. Scherer, for many years a
resident of New Ulm and member OF
one of the oldest and best known families
of this section, died at the ABBOTT HosIi-
tai, Minneapolis, Saturday, September
8, at A o'clock in the afternoon, after an
illness of about two months. Pernic-
ious anaemia was the cause of his death.
MIR. Scherer was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, February 81, 1863, that city being
the temporary refuge of his parents,
Peter and Amelia (PfaU Scherer, who
were natives Of Ohio, and who, because
of the Indian outbreak in Minnesota in
1852 were obliged to flee from New Ulm,
to a place of safety. The elder Scherer
established merchantile business in
Ulm in 1857. With his mother and one
brother, George returned to New Ulm in
the spring following the Indian outbreak,
and he subsequently attended the local
eventually graduating from
the Mankato state normal school in the
class of 1881. For some time he taught
mathematics in the New Ulm graded
schools, and in 1885 established the
Mankato Weekly Post, which he con-
Quoted for five years.
In 1892, Mr.. Scherer was elected
county superintendent Of schools on
the republican ticket, and was reelected
two terms in succession, serving in all
six years. His administration OF the
educational affairs of the county met
with a high degree of approval, and
demonstrated the popular trend towards
practical and useful education. After
serving as superintendent of schools
Mr.. Scherer conducted an insurance and