The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-25
DIR. ISAAC M. MINToN
one of the Best Citizens Of Holt
county Is Called TO His
Long Rest.

DR. Isaac VI. Minton OF Fortoscue, !
who was 80 well and favorably known
here and who was the father Of DR..
w. II. Mlnton Of this city. was buried
last week. or this splendid citizen
the Mound City Journal SAYS:
"Dr. /. NJ. NHnton was born in Holt
County Missouri, on the 23rd day
Of February, 1856. He was the sec
oud son OF the late Henry and Lu-
cretia A. Minton, who were OF the
pioneers Of the county.
"Dr Mlnton was united in marriage
with Mary A. Shepherd in 1850. Mary
A. Shepherd was born in Holt county
In 1858 and was the daughter Of An
drew J. and Amanda A. shepherd.
The father Of DIR. Minton came TO Holt
county in 1S45 from the state of Ken
tucEy and located on n farm on the
Missouri river I'm the township that
new bears the family name. Andrew
7. Shepherd, the father OF Dr. Ninton's
wife, was a native Of North Carolina,
and preempted land in Holt county
soon after the Platte Purchase was
opened for settlement. Joseph Boyd,
one of the very early settlers Of the
! Plotte Purchase, was the grandfather
Of Or. Minton on the maternal side.
His home was about one mile east Of
/ the village Of Napier.
DIR. Minton attended school at the
! Is lrksville state Normal two years.
/ tr,m that institution he went to the
/ old Missouri Medical College in ST.
! Louis, from which school he gradual
ed IN 1891. For period of three
years he practiced his profession in
the town OF White Cloud, Kansas, and
later moved to the Missouri! side, where
! he continued to practice until 1900,
when he returned to give his atten-
tion to the management OF his lands.
He was successful in his undertake
ings and hv his labor and industry
acquired two sections OF land in the
Missouri river valley In Holt county.
"Dr. l. NJ Minton was a progressive
and law-abiding citizen. He believed
in good schools and worked for their
establishment TO furnish opportuni-
ty for the liberal education OF the
youth Of the community. His efforts,
with others so inclined, were instru-
mental in the location and construc-
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School building at Fortcscue, Mis-
souri,.
"As a physician, he typlfied the
generous. self-sacrificing country
practitioner. The call OF his patient
was answered as readily through the
blizzard OF a winter night as in the
sunshine of summer sun. He was
free Of racial hatred and OF class dis
tinction. He knew no Ethiopian
darkness nor Caucasian wh!teness.'
He was a Mason and Shrncr. lie
observed the cardinal virtues OF that
institution-Faith, Hope and Charity.
He believed in the Fatherhood Of God
and the brotherhood OF man.
"In politics he was a democrat and
consistently supported the principles
and candidates of that party.
"Dr. Minton died at his home near
the village of Fortescue AT twelve
o'clock noon on the tenth day Of No
vember, 1922. and was buried In Mt
Hope cemetery on the tFyelf;h day Of
November, the Masonic order having
charge Of the services at the grave.
Resides his widow, Mary T. MIN
ton, he left surviving him, four chill
tren: Zoe NJ. Thomas and DR.. Will
lam II. Minton, who reside IN St. JOS
eph; Robert L. Minton, Of Mound
City, and George a. Minton, who lives
on the home place In the village OF
Fortescue."