Co F 60th Regiment OH Inf, Corporal
On Monday last the news came to P. A. Van Pelt, by telephone, that his brother, Charles E. Van Pelt, had been drowned in a stream near Lincoln. The "State Journal" of Tuesday morning gave the particulars of the sad event.
It seems that for six weeks past his health has been in such condition that he has been partially demented at times, and while out walking was unable to find his home without assistance. His condition was largely due to disease contracted during his service in the army. During the latter part of last week he seemed to be improving rapidly, and on Saturday afternoon Mrs. Van Pelt went to the B. and M. depot to meet a sister from California. When she returned home Mr. Van Pelt was gone, and later in the evening when he failed to return a search was commenced for him. All day Sunday the search was kept up, but no one was found who had seen him, and the conclusion was reached that some accident had befallen him.
On Monday morning a man named M. J. Posey found his body in Cardwell's branch, a small stream six miles south and one miles west of Lincoln. The water was about 18 inches deep, and he had evidently fallen into the place sometime Sunday night. He had walked along several steps in the mud and water, when he evidently fell down, and was unable to get up again.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict that he came to his death by accidental drowning.
"The Journal" gives the following sketch of his life and services in the army:
Charles Van Pelt was 45 years of age. He seemed very much older on account of wounds, disease and nervous troubles contracted during the war. He was born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1843, and at the age of eighteen enlisted in one of the Ohio regiments. He served through the entire war in two Ohio regiments and one year after the war on the staff of Gen. Watkins in Kentucky. It was in this service that he laid the foundation for the diseased that have made him almost a constant invalid since leaving the army. His marriage took place in Kentucky in 1864, and he remained in that state until five years later, when he came with his wife to the new city of Lincoln, Nebraska. Here he resided until 1879, when he removed to Seward, where he served as Postmaster for four years. In 1885 he removed to Ohio, but only remained eight months, as he preferred the bustling life of the west to the quiet prevailing there. Upon returning to Lincoln in the same year he began the manufacture of the Railroad Remedies, and with his partner, M. F. Gould, built up a large and prosperous business. But while successful in his business, he was continually troubled with disease, and had of late years aged so much that he was considered an old man. He has received the best medical treatment that could be found in the country, but his system had been completely shattered during the war, and nothing could be done to save his body and mind from giving way.
Mr. Van Pelt's remains were brought to Seward today on the 11:55 train, and taken to the cemetery from the depot, the funeral services having taken place in Lincoln.
Blue Valley Blade, Seward, NE, Wed, Oct 10, 1888
Mrs. Ada Van Pelt left Lincoln on Monday last, where she expects to make her future home.
Blue Valley Blade, Seward, NE, Wed, July 17, 1889
On Monday last the news came to P. A. Van Pelt, by telephone, that his brother, Charles E. Van Pelt, had been drowned in a stream near Lincoln. The "State Journal" of Tuesday morning gave the particulars of the sad event.
It seems that for six weeks past his health has been in such condition that he has been partially demented at times, and while out walking was unable to find his home without assistance. His condition was largely due to disease contracted during his service in the army. During the latter part of last week he seemed to be improving rapidly, and on Saturday afternoon Mrs. Van Pelt went to the B. and M. depot to meet a sister from California. When she returned home Mr. Van Pelt was gone, and later in the evening when he failed to return a search was commenced for him. All day Sunday the search was kept up, but no one was found who had seen him, and the conclusion was reached that some accident had befallen him.
On Monday morning a man named M. J. Posey found his body in Cardwell's branch, a small stream six miles south and one miles west of Lincoln. The water was about 18 inches deep, and he had evidently fallen into the place sometime Sunday night. He had walked along several steps in the mud and water, when he evidently fell down, and was unable to get up again.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict that he came to his death by accidental drowning.
"The Journal" gives the following sketch of his life and services in the army:
Charles Van Pelt was 45 years of age. He seemed very much older on account of wounds, disease and nervous troubles contracted during the war. He was born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1843, and at the age of eighteen enlisted in one of the Ohio regiments. He served through the entire war in two Ohio regiments and one year after the war on the staff of Gen. Watkins in Kentucky. It was in this service that he laid the foundation for the diseased that have made him almost a constant invalid since leaving the army. His marriage took place in Kentucky in 1864, and he remained in that state until five years later, when he came with his wife to the new city of Lincoln, Nebraska. Here he resided until 1879, when he removed to Seward, where he served as Postmaster for four years. In 1885 he removed to Ohio, but only remained eight months, as he preferred the bustling life of the west to the quiet prevailing there. Upon returning to Lincoln in the same year he began the manufacture of the Railroad Remedies, and with his partner, M. F. Gould, built up a large and prosperous business. But while successful in his business, he was continually troubled with disease, and had of late years aged so much that he was considered an old man. He has received the best medical treatment that could be found in the country, but his system had been completely shattered during the war, and nothing could be done to save his body and mind from giving way.
Mr. Van Pelt's remains were brought to Seward today on the 11:55 train, and taken to the cemetery from the depot, the funeral services having taken place in Lincoln.
Blue Valley Blade, Seward, NE, Wed, Oct 10, 1888
Mrs. Ada Van Pelt left Lincoln on Monday last, where she expects to make her future home.
Blue Valley Blade, Seward, NE, Wed, July 17, 1889
Co F 60th Regiment OH Inf, Corporal
On Monday last the news came to P. A. Van Pelt, by telephone, that his brother, Charles E. Van Pelt, had been drowned in a stream near Lincoln. The "State Journal" of Tuesday morning gave the particulars of the sad event.
It seems that for six weeks past his health has been in such condition that he has been partially demented at times, and while out walking was unable to find his home without assistance. His condition was largely due to disease contracted during his service in the army. During the latter part of last week he seemed to be improving rapidly, and on Saturday afternoon Mrs. Van Pelt went to the B. and M. depot to meet a sister from California. When she returned home Mr. Van Pelt was gone, and later in the evening when he failed to return a search was commenced for him. All day Sunday the search was kept up, but no one was found who had seen him, and the conclusion was reached that some accident had befallen him.
On Monday morning a man named M. J. Posey found his body in Cardwell's branch, a small stream six miles south and one miles west of Lincoln. The water was about 18 inches deep, and he had evidently fallen into the place sometime Sunday night. He had walked along several steps in the mud and water, when he evidently fell down, and was unable to get up again.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict that he came to his death by accidental drowning.
"The Journal" gives the following sketch of his life and services in the army:
Charles Van Pelt was 45 years of age. He seemed very much older on account of wounds, disease and nervous troubles contracted during the war. He was born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1843, and at the age of eighteen enlisted in one of the Ohio regiments. He served through the entire war in two Ohio regiments and one year after the war on the staff of Gen. Watkins in Kentucky. It was in this service that he laid the foundation for the diseased that have made him almost a constant invalid since leaving the army. His marriage took place in Kentucky in 1864, and he remained in that state until five years later, when he came with his wife to the new city of Lincoln, Nebraska. Here he resided until 1879, when he removed to Seward, where he served as Postmaster for four years. In 1885 he removed to Ohio, but only remained eight months, as he preferred the bustling life of the west to the quiet prevailing there. Upon returning to Lincoln in the same year he began the manufacture of the Railroad Remedies, and with his partner, M. F. Gould, built up a large and prosperous business. But while successful in his business, he was continually troubled with disease, and had of late years aged so much that he was considered an old man. He has received the best medical treatment that could be found in the country, but his system had been completely shattered during the war, and nothing could be done to save his body and mind from giving way.
Mr. Van Pelt's remains were brought to Seward today on the 11:55 train, and taken to the cemetery from the depot, the funeral services having taken place in Lincoln.
Blue Valley Blade, Seward, NE, Wed, Oct 10, 1888
Mrs. Ada Van Pelt left Lincoln on Monday last, where she expects to make her future home.
Blue Valley Blade, Seward, NE, Wed, July 17, 1889
On Monday last the news came to P. A. Van Pelt, by telephone, that his brother, Charles E. Van Pelt, had been drowned in a stream near Lincoln. The "State Journal" of Tuesday morning gave the particulars of the sad event.
It seems that for six weeks past his health has been in such condition that he has been partially demented at times, and while out walking was unable to find his home without assistance. His condition was largely due to disease contracted during his service in the army. During the latter part of last week he seemed to be improving rapidly, and on Saturday afternoon Mrs. Van Pelt went to the B. and M. depot to meet a sister from California. When she returned home Mr. Van Pelt was gone, and later in the evening when he failed to return a search was commenced for him. All day Sunday the search was kept up, but no one was found who had seen him, and the conclusion was reached that some accident had befallen him.
On Monday morning a man named M. J. Posey found his body in Cardwell's branch, a small stream six miles south and one miles west of Lincoln. The water was about 18 inches deep, and he had evidently fallen into the place sometime Sunday night. He had walked along several steps in the mud and water, when he evidently fell down, and was unable to get up again.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict that he came to his death by accidental drowning.
"The Journal" gives the following sketch of his life and services in the army:
Charles Van Pelt was 45 years of age. He seemed very much older on account of wounds, disease and nervous troubles contracted during the war. He was born in Highland county, Ohio, in 1843, and at the age of eighteen enlisted in one of the Ohio regiments. He served through the entire war in two Ohio regiments and one year after the war on the staff of Gen. Watkins in Kentucky. It was in this service that he laid the foundation for the diseased that have made him almost a constant invalid since leaving the army. His marriage took place in Kentucky in 1864, and he remained in that state until five years later, when he came with his wife to the new city of Lincoln, Nebraska. Here he resided until 1879, when he removed to Seward, where he served as Postmaster for four years. In 1885 he removed to Ohio, but only remained eight months, as he preferred the bustling life of the west to the quiet prevailing there. Upon returning to Lincoln in the same year he began the manufacture of the Railroad Remedies, and with his partner, M. F. Gould, built up a large and prosperous business. But while successful in his business, he was continually troubled with disease, and had of late years aged so much that he was considered an old man. He has received the best medical treatment that could be found in the country, but his system had been completely shattered during the war, and nothing could be done to save his body and mind from giving way.
Mr. Van Pelt's remains were brought to Seward today on the 11:55 train, and taken to the cemetery from the depot, the funeral services having taken place in Lincoln.
Blue Valley Blade, Seward, NE, Wed, Oct 10, 1888
Mrs. Ada Van Pelt left Lincoln on Monday last, where she expects to make her future home.
Blue Valley Blade, Seward, NE, Wed, July 17, 1889
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