The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-03-13
DEATH VISITS
MANY HOMES
Hiram Mccombs, Of Vail, Dies at Car
roll Hospital on Last Satur-
day, March 9th.
F, WOOD DEAD At CLARENCE
Vail Friends Receive Word Of the
Passing Away Of Mrs. Cath.
arine Dixon at Clinton

VAIL, March 11--(special to the Re:
view)-Vail people have been called
upon to mourn the deaths of several
pioneer residents of this place within
the past ten days.
The death of Hiram McCombs oc-
Cured at the Carroll hospital on Sat
urday, March 9th, following an at
tack Of pneumonia. Mr.. and MIS-.
McCombs had been spending the Win
ter with their daughter, Mrs. J. ID.
Fitch, of Carroll, and it was there
that he was taken i'll.
Hiram McCombs was born in Beach
vile, Canada, Dec. Is, 1912, and thus
was rs years, 3 months and IA days
old at the time of his death. He
came to the United States at the age
OF twenty years, settling in Upton,
where he was married TO Miss Lucella
Clement in 1869. They moved to Vail
in 1874, at which place they have
made their home ever since. Four
children blessed this union namely:
Mrs. J. d. Fitch, of Carroll; Mrs: J.
w. Hulce, OF Long Beach, Cali; Nor
man, who died in 1901, and Clarence.
of Cherryvale, Kans. HH&9& ..
Mr.. McCombs was a carpenter by
trade and followed that vocation dur
ing the forty.three years of his. resi-
dence in Vail. Only week previous
To his death he assisted in. tearing
down the Ahrenkiel building east OF
the garage. :fIf
By his death the community has
lost an honorable and upright citizen
and one who will be sadly missed.
The funeral was conducted from
the home at Vail. Rev. S. j. Huffman
officiating, and interment was made
In the Vail cemetery.
The sympathy of the community
goes out to the sOrrOWing relatives In
this sad hour.
Another sudden death was that Of
Francis Wood, who died at the home
OF his brother, John, at Clarence,
Iowa, where he had been visiting for
several months. Mr.. Wood suffered
o fractured hip when he fell some ten
days ago, and the intense suffering
caused by this fall together with his
extereme age, resulted in his death on
Saturday, March 3D. Mr.. Wood was
born In Armagh, Ireland, on July 4.
1884, and was SO years, months and
l8 days old at the time Of his death.
He came to Vail in 1872 and has made
his home here ever since. In 1884
he was united in marriage to Mrs.
Elizabeth Scott, who preceded him
in death Just thirteen years ago.
For the past number OF years he has
made his home with his step daugh.
ter, Mrs. Alfred Tempest, whom he
leaves ito mourn his death; together
with four brothers, Richard. of Bak-
ar, Ore; Joe, of Huntington, Ore;
Robert, of Dubois. Idaho, and John, OF
Clarence, Iowa.
Funeral services were held Monday,
March 18th, at the Presbyterian
church at Clarence, and interment
was made in the cemetery there, six
nephews acting as pail bearers.
Mr.. Wood was we'll known in this
being one of the pioneer
settlers. His brother was the first
person buried in the Vail cemetery
before 1t was surveyed. His exem.
plary life and his pleasant and kind
endeared him to all. and
his familiar face will be missed by
scores of friends and acquaintances.
Word was received here this week
of the death of Mrs. Catherine Dixon,
which occurred at her home in Clin'
ton, on Monday, March 18th. Gather
Inc Sullivan was born in ireland In
1886 and thus was 50 years of age at
the time of her death. She was mar
ried to John Dixon on May 10, 1855,
to which union were born seven chill
dren, two of whom are residents OF
Vail, namely: Mrs: Hannah Pieper
and Thomas Dixon.
Mrs. Dixon made numerous visits to
VAIL during which she made many
friends, who extend their sympathy
to the relatives, in their sorrow.