Eli Bingaman was born in Centralia, Illinois on August 28, 1839 and died at Hot Springs, Arkansas on January 24, 1917 - aged 77 years, 4 months, and 27 days.
He served in the second Missouri Cavalry from the beginning to the close of our Civil War. Then he took a homestead a mile south of where Crete now stands, before Crete came into existence, and that homestead is still the Bingaman farm.
Eli was the eldest of a family of eleven children. He was the only son old enough to serve in the Civil War. Only five of them are yet alive. One brother, Edmond Bingaman at Canon City, Colorado and four sisters, Mrs. Robert Etherton of Hickman, Nebraska; Mrs. Margaret Seely of Griswold, Iowa; Mrs. Martha Calkins of Portland, Oregon; and Mrs. Daniel Harris of Canon City, Colorado. Mrs. L.E. Depoyster, his niece, is his only relative living in Crete. Mrs. Margaret Seely, his sister of Griswold, Iowa visited him several times each year and was present at his funeral.
Comrade Bingaman was a good farmer and a good blacksmith as well. When Camden was a flourishing village, he spent several years there in the shop while he looked after his homestead as well.
That he was a man of excellent spirit is seen in the following story: Two men were loading logs for building purposes in timber without leave. He appeared on surprise, saw the logs were too heavy for the trespassers to load. So he helped them to place the logs on the wagon and then said: "This is all right boys; but don't come back again." They did not return but were his friends to the day of his death.
He took delight in traveling and saw much of old Mexico, Texas, and our southern states. He liked the warmer climate and spent several winters in the south. When he went to Hot Springs last fall, he was quite feeble. He never rallied and his sister's son-in-law, H.B. Snicker of Hickman, went down to help him, if possible, but he never rallied. He soon passed away, and his nephew brought the remains back to Crete. His sister, Mrs. Etherton of Hickman, was not able to come to Crete to attend the funeral.
A short but tender burial service was held in Riverside Cemetery by his Crete comrades about noon, January 27. Then his comrades and relatives bade each other an affectionate farewell in hope of meeting him and each other in the sweet bye and bye.
Source: The Crete News, February 1, 1917
He served in the second Missouri Cavalry from the beginning to the close of our Civil War. Then he took a homestead a mile south of where Crete now stands, before Crete came into existence, and that homestead is still the Bingaman farm.
Eli was the eldest of a family of eleven children. He was the only son old enough to serve in the Civil War. Only five of them are yet alive. One brother, Edmond Bingaman at Canon City, Colorado and four sisters, Mrs. Robert Etherton of Hickman, Nebraska; Mrs. Margaret Seely of Griswold, Iowa; Mrs. Martha Calkins of Portland, Oregon; and Mrs. Daniel Harris of Canon City, Colorado. Mrs. L.E. Depoyster, his niece, is his only relative living in Crete. Mrs. Margaret Seely, his sister of Griswold, Iowa visited him several times each year and was present at his funeral.
Comrade Bingaman was a good farmer and a good blacksmith as well. When Camden was a flourishing village, he spent several years there in the shop while he looked after his homestead as well.
That he was a man of excellent spirit is seen in the following story: Two men were loading logs for building purposes in timber without leave. He appeared on surprise, saw the logs were too heavy for the trespassers to load. So he helped them to place the logs on the wagon and then said: "This is all right boys; but don't come back again." They did not return but were his friends to the day of his death.
He took delight in traveling and saw much of old Mexico, Texas, and our southern states. He liked the warmer climate and spent several winters in the south. When he went to Hot Springs last fall, he was quite feeble. He never rallied and his sister's son-in-law, H.B. Snicker of Hickman, went down to help him, if possible, but he never rallied. He soon passed away, and his nephew brought the remains back to Crete. His sister, Mrs. Etherton of Hickman, was not able to come to Crete to attend the funeral.
A short but tender burial service was held in Riverside Cemetery by his Crete comrades about noon, January 27. Then his comrades and relatives bade each other an affectionate farewell in hope of meeting him and each other in the sweet bye and bye.
Source: The Crete News, February 1, 1917
Eli Bingaman was born in Centralia, Illinois on August 28, 1839 and died at Hot Springs, Arkansas on January 24, 1917 - aged 77 years, 4 months, and 27 days.
He served in the second Missouri Cavalry from the beginning to the close of our Civil War. Then he took a homestead a mile south of where Crete now stands, before Crete came into existence, and that homestead is still the Bingaman farm.
Eli was the eldest of a family of eleven children. He was the only son old enough to serve in the Civil War. Only five of them are yet alive. One brother, Edmond Bingaman at Canon City, Colorado and four sisters, Mrs. Robert Etherton of Hickman, Nebraska; Mrs. Margaret Seely of Griswold, Iowa; Mrs. Martha Calkins of Portland, Oregon; and Mrs. Daniel Harris of Canon City, Colorado. Mrs. L.E. Depoyster, his niece, is his only relative living in Crete. Mrs. Margaret Seely, his sister of Griswold, Iowa visited him several times each year and was present at his funeral.
Comrade Bingaman was a good farmer and a good blacksmith as well. When Camden was a flourishing village, he spent several years there in the shop while he looked after his homestead as well.
That he was a man of excellent spirit is seen in the following story: Two men were loading logs for building purposes in timber without leave. He appeared on surprise, saw the logs were too heavy for the trespassers to load. So he helped them to place the logs on the wagon and then said: "This is all right boys; but don't come back again." They did not return but were his friends to the day of his death.
He took delight in traveling and saw much of old Mexico, Texas, and our southern states. He liked the warmer climate and spent several winters in the south. When he went to Hot Springs last fall, he was quite feeble. He never rallied and his sister's son-in-law, H.B. Snicker of Hickman, went down to help him, if possible, but he never rallied. He soon passed away, and his nephew brought the remains back to Crete. His sister, Mrs. Etherton of Hickman, was not able to come to Crete to attend the funeral.
A short but tender burial service was held in Riverside Cemetery by his Crete comrades about noon, January 27. Then his comrades and relatives bade each other an affectionate farewell in hope of meeting him and each other in the sweet bye and bye.
Source: The Crete News, February 1, 1917
He served in the second Missouri Cavalry from the beginning to the close of our Civil War. Then he took a homestead a mile south of where Crete now stands, before Crete came into existence, and that homestead is still the Bingaman farm.
Eli was the eldest of a family of eleven children. He was the only son old enough to serve in the Civil War. Only five of them are yet alive. One brother, Edmond Bingaman at Canon City, Colorado and four sisters, Mrs. Robert Etherton of Hickman, Nebraska; Mrs. Margaret Seely of Griswold, Iowa; Mrs. Martha Calkins of Portland, Oregon; and Mrs. Daniel Harris of Canon City, Colorado. Mrs. L.E. Depoyster, his niece, is his only relative living in Crete. Mrs. Margaret Seely, his sister of Griswold, Iowa visited him several times each year and was present at his funeral.
Comrade Bingaman was a good farmer and a good blacksmith as well. When Camden was a flourishing village, he spent several years there in the shop while he looked after his homestead as well.
That he was a man of excellent spirit is seen in the following story: Two men were loading logs for building purposes in timber without leave. He appeared on surprise, saw the logs were too heavy for the trespassers to load. So he helped them to place the logs on the wagon and then said: "This is all right boys; but don't come back again." They did not return but were his friends to the day of his death.
He took delight in traveling and saw much of old Mexico, Texas, and our southern states. He liked the warmer climate and spent several winters in the south. When he went to Hot Springs last fall, he was quite feeble. He never rallied and his sister's son-in-law, H.B. Snicker of Hickman, went down to help him, if possible, but he never rallied. He soon passed away, and his nephew brought the remains back to Crete. His sister, Mrs. Etherton of Hickman, was not able to come to Crete to attend the funeral.
A short but tender burial service was held in Riverside Cemetery by his Crete comrades about noon, January 27. Then his comrades and relatives bade each other an affectionate farewell in hope of meeting him and each other in the sweet bye and bye.
Source: The Crete News, February 1, 1917
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