The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

dence at two o'clock, Wednesday,
February 6, 1918, conducted by Rev.
Mitchum, pastor of the Christian
church, assisted by Rev. LeGrand of
the Baptist church. The interment
was at Indianapolis cemetery, In
dianapolis, Iowa.
The daughter, Mrs. Palmer, Of
Denver, Colorado, was not present.
Ebert Gillett of What Cheer, Iowa,
now chairman of the Board of Elders
and Deacons of the What Cheer
church, position which Mr. Harlan
held for many years, read this obitu-
airy. He said he had been intimate
ly associated with him for years on
this board and in his work for the
church. He bore witness to the
great worth of Humphrey Marshall
Harlan, whose loss is now so deeply
deplored by all who knew him.
Mrs. Harlan's brother, Judge Nc
Coy, adds this personal tribute to his
memory, based upon the closest re-
lations of human life for over fifty
years, that Humphrey Marshall Har-
Ian was the best man that he ever
knew.
SEWERS. - Mrs. Ellen Bryan
Sewers, widow of the late Robert
Sewers and one of the early corners
to Manaska county, was born in
Coshockton, Ohio, August IA, 1925,
and passed away at her old home, in
the southwest corner of town, Sunday
morning, February 10, 1918, at the
advanced age of almost SO years.
The husband, who was born in 1907,
reached the remarkable age of So
years, passing to his reward in 1902,
sixteen years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sewers came to Ma
haska county in the early fifties, when
the county was in course of organ
ization, soon after Iowa became
state, and settled on splendid one
hundred and sixty acres of fine land.
The wife joined the husband in all
that the life of that day signified.
The husband was a man OF much
prominence in his day and active in
the development of the county. He
was a nurseryman and on his place
mad one of the largest and finest
orchards anywhere in this county.
At one time he had sixty to seventy
varieties of apples growing on his
place. For several terms he was
president of the State Agricultural
Society, the Mahaska County Agri-
cultural Society, the Iowa State Hor-
ticultural Society, all of which activ'
ity brought Mrs. Sewers into more
or less prominence. She was at one
time one of the best known women
in Oskaloosa.
But it was in the home life that
this good woman was seen to best
advantage, She loved her home, but
she loved also to have her friends
and acquaintance about her. The
pioneer home of frame gave way in
the course of years to fine two story
brick structure erected by Charles
Munroe, deceased, father of Charles
Munroe, well known resident of the
city today. This house was fol
years one of the finest homes in this
part of the state and stands today
stately and dignified, rich in the rem
iniscence of that time. And here is
where Mother" Sewers passed
away, peacefully and quietly, without
suffering or pain.
Funeral was held Tuesday after
noon, February II, 1918, at the
CheeSman Funeral Home on First
avenue, and interment was made in
the family lot in Forest cemetery by
the side of the husband.
The service was simple and as I'M
ostentatious as the life of this splen-
did mother has been. There were
a couple of hymns, a prayer, and ad-
dress by Rev. Alexander McFerran,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Oskaloosa, in which he
sketched the life of the deceased and
what it typified in drawing a picture
and a lesson.
Deceased was the mother of three
sons, Byron ", former mayor of Os-
kaloosa; William A., old time grocer
of Oskaloosa, and George w, de-
ceased last year, former general at
torney for the Iowa Central and M.
G st. L. railways. Besides the two
sons surviving, there are seven
grandchildren and a number of great
grandchildren
Pail bearers were the two sons,
Byron V. of Oskaloosa and w. A. of
Des Moines, P. Cad Sewers, and Paul
Sewers of Oskaloosa, A. c. Simmons
and son Leonard Simmons.
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