Age 92yrs,4mos,8dys
Muscatine Journal
Feb 22 1922
COUNTY PIONEER DIES HERE TODAY
Joseph Gideon, early settler of Muscatine county, died shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Julia Titus, 1100 Nebraska street.
Mr. Gideon was about 93 years old. During the civil war he was a political prisoner. He claimed to have personally known Abraham Lincoln as a boy.
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Muscatine Journal
February 23, 1922
JOSEPH GIDEON
Funeral services for Joseph Gideon, early settler of Muscatine county who died Wednesday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Julia Titus, 1100 Nebraska street, will be held at 11 o'clock Friday morning from the Methodist church at Conesville. The remains will be taken to Conesville Friday morning. Burial will be made in the cemetery there.
The deceased was born July 14, 1829, in Champaign county, O. He lived in Ohio until 1845, then moving to Illinois, where he married Miss Elizabeth Duckworth, Oct. 28, 1852, to which union two sons were born, both of whom died in infancy. His wife died Sept. 13, 1855. He then moved to Iowa, locating in Louisa county. Shortly afterwards he came to Muscatine county. He married Miss Mary Jane Idel, Jan 6, 1857, to which union five children were born, three of whom survive. She died Jan. 3, 1897.
He leaves two sons, Thomas Gideon of Nichols and Isiah Gideon of Perry; one daughter, Mrs. Julia Titus of Muscatine; one sister, Mrs. Mary Bennett of Winterset; one brother, Oliver Gideon of Council Bluffs; twenty-three grandchildren and twenty five greatgrandchildren. Per L Forbes
Muscatine Journal
Feb 22 1922
COUNTY PIONEER DIES HERE TODAY
Joseph Gideon, early settler of Muscatine county, died shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Julia Titus, 1100 Nebraska street.
Mr. Gideon was about 93 years old. During the civil war he was a political prisoner. He claimed to have personally known Abraham Lincoln as a boy.
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Muscatine Journal
February 23, 1922
JOSEPH GIDEON
Funeral services for Joseph Gideon, early settler of Muscatine county who died Wednesday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Julia Titus, 1100 Nebraska street, will be held at 11 o'clock Friday morning from the Methodist church at Conesville. The remains will be taken to Conesville Friday morning. Burial will be made in the cemetery there.
The deceased was born July 14, 1829, in Champaign county, O. He lived in Ohio until 1845, then moving to Illinois, where he married Miss Elizabeth Duckworth, Oct. 28, 1852, to which union two sons were born, both of whom died in infancy. His wife died Sept. 13, 1855. He then moved to Iowa, locating in Louisa county. Shortly afterwards he came to Muscatine county. He married Miss Mary Jane Idel, Jan 6, 1857, to which union five children were born, three of whom survive. She died Jan. 3, 1897.
He leaves two sons, Thomas Gideon of Nichols and Isiah Gideon of Perry; one daughter, Mrs. Julia Titus of Muscatine; one sister, Mrs. Mary Bennett of Winterset; one brother, Oliver Gideon of Council Bluffs; twenty-three grandchildren and twenty five greatgrandchildren. Per L Forbes
Age 92yrs,4mos,8dys
Muscatine Journal
Feb 22 1922
COUNTY PIONEER DIES HERE TODAY
Joseph Gideon, early settler of Muscatine county, died shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Julia Titus, 1100 Nebraska street.
Mr. Gideon was about 93 years old. During the civil war he was a political prisoner. He claimed to have personally known Abraham Lincoln as a boy.
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Muscatine Journal
February 23, 1922
JOSEPH GIDEON
Funeral services for Joseph Gideon, early settler of Muscatine county who died Wednesday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Julia Titus, 1100 Nebraska street, will be held at 11 o'clock Friday morning from the Methodist church at Conesville. The remains will be taken to Conesville Friday morning. Burial will be made in the cemetery there.
The deceased was born July 14, 1829, in Champaign county, O. He lived in Ohio until 1845, then moving to Illinois, where he married Miss Elizabeth Duckworth, Oct. 28, 1852, to which union two sons were born, both of whom died in infancy. His wife died Sept. 13, 1855. He then moved to Iowa, locating in Louisa county. Shortly afterwards he came to Muscatine county. He married Miss Mary Jane Idel, Jan 6, 1857, to which union five children were born, three of whom survive. She died Jan. 3, 1897.
He leaves two sons, Thomas Gideon of Nichols and Isiah Gideon of Perry; one daughter, Mrs. Julia Titus of Muscatine; one sister, Mrs. Mary Bennett of Winterset; one brother, Oliver Gideon of Council Bluffs; twenty-three grandchildren and twenty five greatgrandchildren. Per L Forbes
Muscatine Journal
Feb 22 1922
COUNTY PIONEER DIES HERE TODAY
Joseph Gideon, early settler of Muscatine county, died shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Julia Titus, 1100 Nebraska street.
Mr. Gideon was about 93 years old. During the civil war he was a political prisoner. He claimed to have personally known Abraham Lincoln as a boy.
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Muscatine Journal
February 23, 1922
JOSEPH GIDEON
Funeral services for Joseph Gideon, early settler of Muscatine county who died Wednesday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Julia Titus, 1100 Nebraska street, will be held at 11 o'clock Friday morning from the Methodist church at Conesville. The remains will be taken to Conesville Friday morning. Burial will be made in the cemetery there.
The deceased was born July 14, 1829, in Champaign county, O. He lived in Ohio until 1845, then moving to Illinois, where he married Miss Elizabeth Duckworth, Oct. 28, 1852, to which union two sons were born, both of whom died in infancy. His wife died Sept. 13, 1855. He then moved to Iowa, locating in Louisa county. Shortly afterwards he came to Muscatine county. He married Miss Mary Jane Idel, Jan 6, 1857, to which union five children were born, three of whom survive. She died Jan. 3, 1897.
He leaves two sons, Thomas Gideon of Nichols and Isiah Gideon of Perry; one daughter, Mrs. Julia Titus of Muscatine; one sister, Mrs. Mary Bennett of Winterset; one brother, Oliver Gideon of Council Bluffs; twenty-three grandchildren and twenty five greatgrandchildren. Per L Forbes
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