Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo, Iowa
March 10, 1926
James Register,
Builder of City,
Dies At Age of 71
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Resident of City More Than Quarter of Century
and Always Active
_________________________________________________
Helped Erect Many of The Large Structures Here
__________________________________________________
Funeral Services Will be Friday, at 2 p.m., from Grace
M.E. Church
__________________________________________________________
James Register, 71, 107 Alta Vista Avenue, for more than 25 years a resident of Waterloo and builder of many of the large buildings in this city, died at his home at 5:30 a.m. today after a lingering illness of several years. Mr. Register had been near death for the past 10 days.
Mr. Register came to Waterloo in 1900 and was foreman of the men who erected the Black Hawk county courthouse and St. Joseph Catholic church. Soon after he enter the contracting business for himself and he erected many of the important buildings of the city, including Manual Training high school, the Syndicate block and Allen Memorial hospital.
Member Of City Council
Mr. Register served as a member of City Council for two terms, 1920-1924, until ill health forced him to retire from politics. Unable to continue to his activities as a contractor because of ill health, a year ago, he was appointed bailiff in district court. which position he has filled until two weeks ago until he was confined to his home by cancer trouble.
Mr. Register was born Sept. 22, 1854 at Washington, Pa. and as a small boy moved with his parents to Pittsburg, Pa., where he was graduated from the public schools. When a young man he moved to Denver, Colo. and lived there for many years.
Widow Children Survive
He was married to Miss Effie DeLong June 4, 1890 at Council Bluffs. She accompanied Mr. Register to Denver and later they returned to Pittsburg for a short time previous to moving to Waterloo.
Surviving are the widow, a daughter, Mrs. Verne J. Wilson 930 First Street east, Waterloo; and a son Harold at home. Two daughters Dorothy and Ruth preceded Mr. Register in death.
Mr. Register was a member of Grace Methodist Episcopal church. His fraternal affiliations were Black Hawk lodge, No.72, I.O.O.F., and Waterloo camp, Modern Woodmen of America.
Old Time Brickmason
Mr. Register for many years prior to going into the contracting business worked as a brickmason. He was a charter member of the Bricklayers union in Waterloo. At a state meeting of the union bricklayers in Waterloo in 1924, Mr. Register was a honored guest and gave an a talk on things pertaining to the craft and told of many interesting experiences.
During his last term as a member of the city council he attended many meetings when his friends knew he was far from a well man. On numerous occasions different members of the council advised him to return to his home on account of his suffering, but he persisted on doing his work as he saw it.
Funeral Services Friday
Funeral Services will be in Grace Methodist Episcopal church at 2 p.m. Friday. Dr. Earl A. Roadman officiating. A short prayer service in the home will precede the church services. Burial will be at Fairview.
*first wife Alice with him in 1880 census in Pa. _______________________________________________________
James was the son of Isaac Register. Below is Isaac's obituary, which I have from a deceased cousin, though I do not have the date it ran in the Pittsburg paper. I believe he is the Isaac M. Register buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburg, Pa. FAG memorial 91075657. This Isaac died in 1894, with no further information. I know there is a difference in the N. and M. but feel one is an error in the obituary. Military records call him Isaac M.
ANTIETAM HERO DEAD
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Isaac N. Register Expires Of Wounds Received in the Civil War.
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Isaac N. Register died at the West Penn. Hospital at 9:30 last night, after a lingering illness super induced by a wound in the spine, received during the Civil War. He had been at the hospital for the past month. Mr. Register was 64 years old and lived at 208 Lang avenue. He is survived by a wife and five children, three daughters and two sons, all of whom are married. He enlisted in the union army at Washington, Pa., as a private in Company D. in the Twenty -second Regiment, Pennsylvania, Volunteers, 1862, and was promoted to a first lieutenantcy for bravery in action at the battle of Antietam. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war in 1865. He came to Pittsburg in 1879 and was well known and highly respected in the community in which he lived. He was a member of Post 151, G.A.R. and will be buried under the auspices of the Grand Army.
Waterloo, Iowa
March 10, 1926
James Register,
Builder of City,
Dies At Age of 71
_________________
Resident of City More Than Quarter of Century
and Always Active
_________________________________________________
Helped Erect Many of The Large Structures Here
__________________________________________________
Funeral Services Will be Friday, at 2 p.m., from Grace
M.E. Church
__________________________________________________________
James Register, 71, 107 Alta Vista Avenue, for more than 25 years a resident of Waterloo and builder of many of the large buildings in this city, died at his home at 5:30 a.m. today after a lingering illness of several years. Mr. Register had been near death for the past 10 days.
Mr. Register came to Waterloo in 1900 and was foreman of the men who erected the Black Hawk county courthouse and St. Joseph Catholic church. Soon after he enter the contracting business for himself and he erected many of the important buildings of the city, including Manual Training high school, the Syndicate block and Allen Memorial hospital.
Member Of City Council
Mr. Register served as a member of City Council for two terms, 1920-1924, until ill health forced him to retire from politics. Unable to continue to his activities as a contractor because of ill health, a year ago, he was appointed bailiff in district court. which position he has filled until two weeks ago until he was confined to his home by cancer trouble.
Mr. Register was born Sept. 22, 1854 at Washington, Pa. and as a small boy moved with his parents to Pittsburg, Pa., where he was graduated from the public schools. When a young man he moved to Denver, Colo. and lived there for many years.
Widow Children Survive
He was married to Miss Effie DeLong June 4, 1890 at Council Bluffs. She accompanied Mr. Register to Denver and later they returned to Pittsburg for a short time previous to moving to Waterloo.
Surviving are the widow, a daughter, Mrs. Verne J. Wilson 930 First Street east, Waterloo; and a son Harold at home. Two daughters Dorothy and Ruth preceded Mr. Register in death.
Mr. Register was a member of Grace Methodist Episcopal church. His fraternal affiliations were Black Hawk lodge, No.72, I.O.O.F., and Waterloo camp, Modern Woodmen of America.
Old Time Brickmason
Mr. Register for many years prior to going into the contracting business worked as a brickmason. He was a charter member of the Bricklayers union in Waterloo. At a state meeting of the union bricklayers in Waterloo in 1924, Mr. Register was a honored guest and gave an a talk on things pertaining to the craft and told of many interesting experiences.
During his last term as a member of the city council he attended many meetings when his friends knew he was far from a well man. On numerous occasions different members of the council advised him to return to his home on account of his suffering, but he persisted on doing his work as he saw it.
Funeral Services Friday
Funeral Services will be in Grace Methodist Episcopal church at 2 p.m. Friday. Dr. Earl A. Roadman officiating. A short prayer service in the home will precede the church services. Burial will be at Fairview.
*first wife Alice with him in 1880 census in Pa. _______________________________________________________
James was the son of Isaac Register. Below is Isaac's obituary, which I have from a deceased cousin, though I do not have the date it ran in the Pittsburg paper. I believe he is the Isaac M. Register buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburg, Pa. FAG memorial 91075657. This Isaac died in 1894, with no further information. I know there is a difference in the N. and M. but feel one is an error in the obituary. Military records call him Isaac M.
ANTIETAM HERO DEAD
___________________
Isaac N. Register Expires Of Wounds Received in the Civil War.
_________________________________________________________
Isaac N. Register died at the West Penn. Hospital at 9:30 last night, after a lingering illness super induced by a wound in the spine, received during the Civil War. He had been at the hospital for the past month. Mr. Register was 64 years old and lived at 208 Lang avenue. He is survived by a wife and five children, three daughters and two sons, all of whom are married. He enlisted in the union army at Washington, Pa., as a private in Company D. in the Twenty -second Regiment, Pennsylvania, Volunteers, 1862, and was promoted to a first lieutenantcy for bravery in action at the battle of Antietam. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war in 1865. He came to Pittsburg in 1879 and was well known and highly respected in the community in which he lived. He was a member of Post 151, G.A.R. and will be buried under the auspices of the Grand Army.
Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo, Iowa
March 10, 1926
James Register,
Builder of City,
Dies At Age of 71
_________________
Resident of City More Than Quarter of Century
and Always Active
_________________________________________________
Helped Erect Many of The Large Structures Here
__________________________________________________
Funeral Services Will be Friday, at 2 p.m., from Grace
M.E. Church
__________________________________________________________
James Register, 71, 107 Alta Vista Avenue, for more than 25 years a resident of Waterloo and builder of many of the large buildings in this city, died at his home at 5:30 a.m. today after a lingering illness of several years. Mr. Register had been near death for the past 10 days.
Mr. Register came to Waterloo in 1900 and was foreman of the men who erected the Black Hawk county courthouse and St. Joseph Catholic church. Soon after he enter the contracting business for himself and he erected many of the important buildings of the city, including Manual Training high school, the Syndicate block and Allen Memorial hospital.
Member Of City Council
Mr. Register served as a member of City Council for two terms, 1920-1924, until ill health forced him to retire from politics. Unable to continue to his activities as a contractor because of ill health, a year ago, he was appointed bailiff in district court. which position he has filled until two weeks ago until he was confined to his home by cancer trouble.
Mr. Register was born Sept. 22, 1854 at Washington, Pa. and as a small boy moved with his parents to Pittsburg, Pa., where he was graduated from the public schools. When a young man he moved to Denver, Colo. and lived there for many years.
Widow Children Survive
He was married to Miss Effie DeLong June 4, 1890 at Council Bluffs. She accompanied Mr. Register to Denver and later they returned to Pittsburg for a short time previous to moving to Waterloo.
Surviving are the widow, a daughter, Mrs. Verne J. Wilson 930 First Street east, Waterloo; and a son Harold at home. Two daughters Dorothy and Ruth preceded Mr. Register in death.
Mr. Register was a member of Grace Methodist Episcopal church. His fraternal affiliations were Black Hawk lodge, No.72, I.O.O.F., and Waterloo camp, Modern Woodmen of America.
Old Time Brickmason
Mr. Register for many years prior to going into the contracting business worked as a brickmason. He was a charter member of the Bricklayers union in Waterloo. At a state meeting of the union bricklayers in Waterloo in 1924, Mr. Register was a honored guest and gave an a talk on things pertaining to the craft and told of many interesting experiences.
During his last term as a member of the city council he attended many meetings when his friends knew he was far from a well man. On numerous occasions different members of the council advised him to return to his home on account of his suffering, but he persisted on doing his work as he saw it.
Funeral Services Friday
Funeral Services will be in Grace Methodist Episcopal church at 2 p.m. Friday. Dr. Earl A. Roadman officiating. A short prayer service in the home will precede the church services. Burial will be at Fairview.
*first wife Alice with him in 1880 census in Pa. _______________________________________________________
James was the son of Isaac Register. Below is Isaac's obituary, which I have from a deceased cousin, though I do not have the date it ran in the Pittsburg paper. I believe he is the Isaac M. Register buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburg, Pa. FAG memorial 91075657. This Isaac died in 1894, with no further information. I know there is a difference in the N. and M. but feel one is an error in the obituary. Military records call him Isaac M.
ANTIETAM HERO DEAD
___________________
Isaac N. Register Expires Of Wounds Received in the Civil War.
_________________________________________________________
Isaac N. Register died at the West Penn. Hospital at 9:30 last night, after a lingering illness super induced by a wound in the spine, received during the Civil War. He had been at the hospital for the past month. Mr. Register was 64 years old and lived at 208 Lang avenue. He is survived by a wife and five children, three daughters and two sons, all of whom are married. He enlisted in the union army at Washington, Pa., as a private in Company D. in the Twenty -second Regiment, Pennsylvania, Volunteers, 1862, and was promoted to a first lieutenantcy for bravery in action at the battle of Antietam. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war in 1865. He came to Pittsburg in 1879 and was well known and highly respected in the community in which he lived. He was a member of Post 151, G.A.R. and will be buried under the auspices of the Grand Army.
Waterloo, Iowa
March 10, 1926
James Register,
Builder of City,
Dies At Age of 71
_________________
Resident of City More Than Quarter of Century
and Always Active
_________________________________________________
Helped Erect Many of The Large Structures Here
__________________________________________________
Funeral Services Will be Friday, at 2 p.m., from Grace
M.E. Church
__________________________________________________________
James Register, 71, 107 Alta Vista Avenue, for more than 25 years a resident of Waterloo and builder of many of the large buildings in this city, died at his home at 5:30 a.m. today after a lingering illness of several years. Mr. Register had been near death for the past 10 days.
Mr. Register came to Waterloo in 1900 and was foreman of the men who erected the Black Hawk county courthouse and St. Joseph Catholic church. Soon after he enter the contracting business for himself and he erected many of the important buildings of the city, including Manual Training high school, the Syndicate block and Allen Memorial hospital.
Member Of City Council
Mr. Register served as a member of City Council for two terms, 1920-1924, until ill health forced him to retire from politics. Unable to continue to his activities as a contractor because of ill health, a year ago, he was appointed bailiff in district court. which position he has filled until two weeks ago until he was confined to his home by cancer trouble.
Mr. Register was born Sept. 22, 1854 at Washington, Pa. and as a small boy moved with his parents to Pittsburg, Pa., where he was graduated from the public schools. When a young man he moved to Denver, Colo. and lived there for many years.
Widow Children Survive
He was married to Miss Effie DeLong June 4, 1890 at Council Bluffs. She accompanied Mr. Register to Denver and later they returned to Pittsburg for a short time previous to moving to Waterloo.
Surviving are the widow, a daughter, Mrs. Verne J. Wilson 930 First Street east, Waterloo; and a son Harold at home. Two daughters Dorothy and Ruth preceded Mr. Register in death.
Mr. Register was a member of Grace Methodist Episcopal church. His fraternal affiliations were Black Hawk lodge, No.72, I.O.O.F., and Waterloo camp, Modern Woodmen of America.
Old Time Brickmason
Mr. Register for many years prior to going into the contracting business worked as a brickmason. He was a charter member of the Bricklayers union in Waterloo. At a state meeting of the union bricklayers in Waterloo in 1924, Mr. Register was a honored guest and gave an a talk on things pertaining to the craft and told of many interesting experiences.
During his last term as a member of the city council he attended many meetings when his friends knew he was far from a well man. On numerous occasions different members of the council advised him to return to his home on account of his suffering, but he persisted on doing his work as he saw it.
Funeral Services Friday
Funeral Services will be in Grace Methodist Episcopal church at 2 p.m. Friday. Dr. Earl A. Roadman officiating. A short prayer service in the home will precede the church services. Burial will be at Fairview.
*first wife Alice with him in 1880 census in Pa. _______________________________________________________
James was the son of Isaac Register. Below is Isaac's obituary, which I have from a deceased cousin, though I do not have the date it ran in the Pittsburg paper. I believe he is the Isaac M. Register buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburg, Pa. FAG memorial 91075657. This Isaac died in 1894, with no further information. I know there is a difference in the N. and M. but feel one is an error in the obituary. Military records call him Isaac M.
ANTIETAM HERO DEAD
___________________
Isaac N. Register Expires Of Wounds Received in the Civil War.
_________________________________________________________
Isaac N. Register died at the West Penn. Hospital at 9:30 last night, after a lingering illness super induced by a wound in the spine, received during the Civil War. He had been at the hospital for the past month. Mr. Register was 64 years old and lived at 208 Lang avenue. He is survived by a wife and five children, three daughters and two sons, all of whom are married. He enlisted in the union army at Washington, Pa., as a private in Company D. in the Twenty -second Regiment, Pennsylvania, Volunteers, 1862, and was promoted to a first lieutenantcy for bravery in action at the battle of Antietam. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war in 1865. He came to Pittsburg in 1879 and was well known and highly respected in the community in which he lived. He was a member of Post 151, G.A.R. and will be buried under the auspices of the Grand Army.
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